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OneChicago Announces Trading Volumes For May 2012 - Block Volume At The Exchange In May 2012 Was Up 32% Year-Over-Year, Compared To May 2011 - Security Futures Volume At The Exchange In May 2012 Was Up 13%, Compared To April 2012

Date 01/06/2012

OneChicago, LLC (OCX), an equity finance exchange, today announced that a total of 259,382 security futures contracts were traded in the month of May 2012.
CBOE Holdings Reports May 2012 Trading Volume - May Average Daily Volume Up 18% From Year Ago, Up 9% From April 2012 - CBOE Futures Exchange And VIX Index Futures Post Busiest Month Ever

Date 01/06/2012

CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) today reported that May trading volume for options on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) and C2 Options Exchange (C2), combined, totaled 109.2 million contracts. May average daily volume (ADV) was just under five million contracts, an 18-percent increase from May 2011 ADV of 4.2 million contracts and a nine-percent increase from April 2012 ADV of 4.5 million contracts.
BATS 1000 Index Down 3.6% This Week

Date 01/06/2012

BATS Global Markets, a leading operator of securities markets in the U.S. and Europe, reports the BATS 1000® Index (Ticker: BATSK) declined 540.29 points, or 3.6%, this week to close at 14,359.13 as of 4 p.m. ET today.
May Is Most-Active Trading Month All-Time At CBOE Futures Exchange - Total Volume Exceeds Two Million Contracts For First Time, Futures On CBOE NASDAQ-100 Volatility Index Begin Trading

Date 01/06/2012

The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that May 2012 was the most-active trading month in CFE history as total volume exceeded two million contracts for the first time ever. New records were established in total monthly volume and monthly average daily volume (ADV) both exchange-wide and for futures on the CBOE Volatility Index (the VIX Index).
Amendments To The Definitions And Exclusion Of Liability Clauses In Contract Specifications For Certain GreenX European Union Allowance And Certified Emission Reduction Futures Contracts

Date 01/06/2012

Pending all relevant regulatory review periods, effective June 18, 2012, GreenX will amend language in the Definitions and Exclusion of Liability clauses for certain European Union Allowance and Certified Emission Reduction Futures Contracts. These amendments are being made to conform to the recent European Union Registry infrastructure changes. The changes are applicable to the GreenX European Union Allowance and Certified Emission Reduction Futures contracts only.

The Europe Dow Closes May Down 13.08% According To Dow Jones Indexes - The Europe Dow Component Stocks Closed May In Negative Territory

Date 01/06/2012

The Europe Dow, an equal-weighted index that measures 30 of the region’s leading blue-chip stocks, loss 13.08% in May, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider.
CFTC Files A General Creditor Claim In The Liquidation Of MF Global

Date 01/06/2012

On June 1, 2012, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (Commission) filed a general creditor claim in the liquidation of MF Global, Inc., No. 11-02790 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.). The Commission took this action in relation to the Division of Enforcement’s ongoing investigation related to the failure of MF Global, Inc. If that investigation results in an enforcement action against MF Global, Inc., the Commission could pursue a restitution award for the benefit of commodity customers, which in turn could be the basis for a Commission claim as a general creditor against the MF Global, Inc. estate. The Commission’s claim as a general creditor would not have priority over customer claims. It has been filed solely to preserve all possible options for recovering funds for the benefit of commodity customers.
The Asia Dow Finished May Down 10.32% According To Dow Jones Indexes - The Asia Dow Component Stocks Closed May In Negative Territory

Date 01/06/2012

The Asia Dow, an equal-weighted, 30-stock index that measures 30 of the leading blue-chip stocks traded in the Asia/Pacific region, dropped 10.32% in May, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider.
SIFMA Applauds SEC Approval Of Proposals To Address Extraordinary Market Volatility

Date 01/06/2012

SIFMA today released the following statement from Randy Snook, executive vice president, in response to the approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of two proposals that seek to address extraordinary volatility in individual stocks and the broader stock markets. These proposals -- for updated market-wide circuit breakers and the establishment of a limit up-limit down mechanism that replaces the existing single stock circuit breakers -- were put forward by the national securities exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average Closed Down 6.21% In May, According To Dow Jones Indexes - 820.18 Point Drop Is Second Largest For May - Four Of The Dow’s 30 Component Stocks Closed Month In Positive Territory - Wal-Mart Topped All 30 Components With 11.73% Gain

Date 01/06/2012

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the longest running and most widely quoted U.S. stock-market index, fell 6.21% in May, according to data compiled by Dow Jones Indexes, a leading global index provider.